From: Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com
commit 190cc82489f46f9d88e73c81a47e14f80a791e1a upstream.
RFC 6056 (Recommendations for Transport-Protocol Port Randomization) provides good summary of why source selection needs extra care.
David Dworken reminded us that linux implements Algorithm 3 as described in RFC 6056 3.3.3
Quoting David : In the context of the web, this creates an interesting info leak where websites can count how many TCP connections a user's computer is establishing over time. For example, this allows a website to count exactly how many subresources a third party website loaded. This also allows: - Distinguishing between different users behind a VPN based on distinct source port ranges. - Tracking users over time across multiple networks. - Covert communication channels between different browsers/browser profiles running on the same computer - Tracking what applications are running on a computer based on the pattern of how fast source ports are getting incremented.
Section 3.3.4 describes an enhancement, that reduces attackers ability to use the basic information currently stored into the shared 'u32 hint'.
This change also decreases collision rate when multiple applications need to connect() to different destinations.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com Reported-by: David Dworken ddworken@google.com Cc: Willem de Bruijn willemb@google.com Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net [SG: Adjusted context] Signed-off-by: Stefan Ghinea stefan.ghinea@windriver.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c +++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c @@ -714,6 +714,17 @@ unlock: } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_unhash);
+/* RFC 6056 3.3.4. Algorithm 4: Double-Hash Port Selection Algorithm + * Note that we use 32bit integers (vs RFC 'short integers') + * because 2^16 is not a multiple of num_ephemeral and this + * property might be used by clever attacker. + * RFC claims using TABLE_LENGTH=10 buckets gives an improvement, + * we use 256 instead to really give more isolation and + * privacy, this only consumes 1 KB of kernel memory. + */ +#define INET_TABLE_PERTURB_SHIFT 8 +static u32 table_perturb[1 << INET_TABLE_PERTURB_SHIFT]; + int __inet_hash_connect(struct inet_timewait_death_row *death_row, struct sock *sk, u32 port_offset, int (*check_established)(struct inet_timewait_death_row *, @@ -727,7 +738,7 @@ int __inet_hash_connect(struct inet_time struct inet_bind_bucket *tb; u32 remaining, offset; int ret, i, low, high; - static u32 hint; + u32 index;
if (port) { head = &hinfo->bhash[inet_bhashfn(net, port, @@ -752,7 +763,10 @@ int __inet_hash_connect(struct inet_time if (likely(remaining > 1)) remaining &= ~1U;
- offset = (hint + port_offset) % remaining; + net_get_random_once(table_perturb, sizeof(table_perturb)); + index = hash_32(port_offset, INET_TABLE_PERTURB_SHIFT); + + offset = (READ_ONCE(table_perturb[index]) + port_offset) % remaining; /* In first pass we try ports of @low parity. * inet_csk_get_port() does the opposite choice. */ @@ -805,7 +819,7 @@ next_port: return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
ok: - hint += i + 2; + WRITE_ONCE(table_perturb[index], READ_ONCE(table_perturb[index]) + i + 2);
/* Head lock still held and bh's disabled */ inet_bind_hash(sk, tb, port);